Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Passeriformes > Family Motacillidae > Genus Motacilla

Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Motacilla*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: bishtatunda; bishtdylberja e bardhë; bishtgjata e bardhë; bishtlëkundësi i bardhë; bishtundësi i bardhë; cingra; çiriçinga; çobanka; delmerja; dylmerja e bardhë; trinca; trinka e bardhë; tundbishtja; zogdhenësh; zogu i dhenëve sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): linerle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Motacilla alba sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

Danish: hvid vipstjert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: witte kwikstaart sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: pied wagtail; white wagtail sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: White Wagtail sources: Charles Hussey

French: bergeronnette grise; hochequeue gris sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Gaelic: glasóg shráide sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Glasóg shráide

German: Bachstelze sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Λευκοσουσουράδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Glasóg shráide sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): נחליאלי לבן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: baltoji kielė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: linerle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: linerle sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 185

Norwegian Nynorsk: linerle sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 185

Nynorsk (Norwegian): linerle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: pliszka siwa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: codobatură albă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: белая трясогузка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: glasóg shráide sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: bela pastirica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: lavandera blanca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: sädesärla sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ak kuyruk sallayan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Плиска біла

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (404 nucleotides; 234 proteins)
Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1295 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232066

Drs Cees Roselaar. Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=97427